Kaz

The Black Sea region has not been able to recover from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster trauma that occurred 30 years ago. I was visiting the Black Sea provinces of Trabzon and Rize on the 30th anniversary of the disaster last week.

An investigation has been launched into statements allegedly made by a religion course teacher in Istanbul, in which he said he was aroused by female students wearing leggings and pants.

An investigation has been launched into statements allegedly made by a teacher of religion in Istanbul, in which he said he was aroused by female students wearing leggings and pants.

A former Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy and two other defendants were arrested late Dec. 14 as part of operations targeting the alleged "parallel state" of sympathizers of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.

An arrest warrant in absentia and a red notice has been issued in Turkey for the U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, while a local court has accepted an indictment against 69 suspects, including Gülen, for links to the alleged ?Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ)/Parallel State Structure (PDY).?